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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1949
Page
6
Guest editorial by LeRoy H. Walker reflects on Waller Chapel’s top step at the University of et te, worn by generations of students. He recalls WWII airmen, a sea lost sailor, and figures from politics, noting every student’s impression shapes the stone and their future actions.
The United States warns of far reaching effects as Norway joins the Atlantic alliance while Sweden faces pressure to decide. A memorandum by former ambassador Lithgow Osborne argues delaying Nordic defense ties may ease tensions with Russia and questions selective military aid rules amid the shifting European security landscape.
Marquis Childs argues that democracy in Europe is essential for postwar reconstruction and warns against sacrificing it for a broader Atlantic pact. He warns Soviet fear or opportunistic moves could push Finland or Norway toward immediate U.S. armament, potentially weakening western Europe and strengthening Russia.
The doctor notes that in parts of the world near starvation persists while the United States and Canada enjoy abundance. Weight loss is the most evident effect of inadequate diet, varying with activity level and protein intake, which is often reduced because meat eggs and dairy are costly.
Paul Gallico compares how men and women react to minor illness at home noting women become tender caregivers while men stagger about in clumsy, comic fashion. He argues the imbalance is inherent yet unavoidable and calls it unfair.
In a candid chat backstage at the Mansfield Theatre Charles Boyer rejects the tag Great Lover as a handicap. He says the label oversimplifies him, prefers diverse roles, and would like to do Broadway work more regularly while expressing affection for Hollywood and the city.
Washington sources say southern and northern Democrats reportedly compromise on civil rights in backstage talks. Agreement includes anti-lynch and anti-poll tax bills, a 60 cent minimum wage, and Taft-Hartley tweaks, with wider party split possible.
The narrator tours the waterways experiment station in Vicksburg Mississippi, marveling at a 1 to 500 miniature Mississippi and a Charleston harbor model. He notes engineers study silt deposits, test dam models, and simulate tidal flows to reduce dredging costs. The facility draws global experts and contributed to D-Day preparation.
Pocatello hosts a bustling spring music clinic scene with high school students, teachers, and audiences from surrounding towns. LeRoy Robertson of the University of Utah Music Department notes the season’s start as snow piles up, while Rampton Barlow is spotlighted as a leading organizer. Alice Fay Johnson, formerly of 456 Wayne, gains national recognition with a Gasparilla Festival King and Queen float photo in Friday’s POST. she is the granddaughter of Mrs. Helen Davis.
Elia Kazan and Marlon Brando visited Hollywood testing for Zapata as Brando weighs offers. Garson Kanin Ruth Gordon wrap Metro work then head to New York for casting. Ruth Chatterton stars in The Sky Is Falling, Ruth Gordon in The Kitchen Canaries. May London for Leading Lady at Old Vic. Kanin brothers eye Miss Nobody for Universal International. Angela Lansbury gears for The Red Danube with Ethel Barrymore. Janet Leigh stars opposite Peter Lawford in a romance, Mel Ferrer shifts from Strange Fruit to Lost Boundary as a Negro doctor. Beatrice Pearson cast. shoot in New Hampshire and New York. Lee Tracy heads to Jed Harris Traitors in New York. Death of a Salesman not sold to 20th Century. producers plan film with same cast. Oakie quips Broadway comeback hinges on death line among dying plays.
Dr. F Alexander Magoun, Washington marriage counselor, defines a honeymoon not by hotels cars or trousseaus but by a deep love between two people. The piece notes shared experiences like swimming reading and listening to wood thrush at dusk as couples build intimate patterns together.
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